Objective: To explore the effect of self-management education on improving symptoms of female college students with primary dysmenorrhea and the health-related quality of life.
Methods: Female students with primary dysmenorrhea were chosen for the questionnaire in two colleges at Shaoyang. The female students were assigned to an interventional group and a control group. The interventional group (n=195) received self-management education for 6 months, while the control group (n=196) did not receive any intervention. We compared the symptoms scores, VAS, dysmenorrheal degree and health-related quality of life between the 2 groups before and after the intervention.
Results: After the intervention, the scores of symptoms, VAS and degree of dysmenorrhea were significantly lower than the baseline and the control group (P<0.05), and the physical component summary (PCS), mental component summary (MCS) were significantly improved (P<0.05).
Conclusion: Self-management education could effectively improve the symptoms of primary dysmenorrhea and quality of life.
目的：探讨自我管理教育对改善女大学生原发性痛经症状及生命质量的效果。方法：整群抽取邵阳市两所高校的女大学生进行问卷调查，筛查出原发性痛经者，按基线调查的痛经程度的比例分层随机抽取2个校区中的痛经者，分为干预组和对照组。干预组(n=195)实施自我管理教育，对照组(n=195)不采取任何干预措施，观察6个月之后比较两组的痛经症状积分、视觉模拟评分(visual analogue scale，VAS)、痛经程度和生命质量。结果：干预后干预组的痛经症状积分、VAS、痛经程度均明显低于基线和对照组(P<0.05)，生理健康总分和心理健康总分明显高于基线和对照组(P< 0.05)。结论：自我管理教育能有效改善原发性痛经者的痛经症状、疼痛程度和生命质量。.